Press Release

The following statement was issued today by the Spokesman for UN Secretary-General António Guterres:

United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres announced today the appointment of Major General Cheryl Pearce of Australia as Force Commander of the United Nations Peacekeeping Force in Cyprus (UNFICYP).

United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres was in Lisbon on Monday, 5 November.

The following statement was issued today by the Spokesperson for UN Secretary-General António Guterres:

Following are UN Secretary-General António Guterres’ remarks at the “Web Summit”, in Lisbon today:

Following is the text of UN Secretary-General António Guterres’ video message to the Second World Forum on Urban Violence, in Madrid today:

The Secretary-General welcomes the delivery of humanitarian aid that began today for 50,000 people in need stranded at the Rukban camp near the Syria-Jordan border.  The delivery by the United Nations, jointly with the Syrian Arab Red Crescent, also allows the teams to conduct an emergency vaccination campaign for some 10,000 children and undertake rapid needs assessments.

Following is UN Secretary-General António Guterres’ message for World Tsunami Awareness Day, observed today:

On 2 November 2018, the Security Council Committee established pursuant to resolution 1518 (2003) approved the removal of the following entity from its List of Individuals and Entities subject to the assets freeze set out by paragraphs 19 and 23 of Security Council resolution 1483 (2003) adopted under Chapter VII of the Charter of the United Nations:

United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres announced today the appointment of Nóirín O’Sullivan of Ireland as the Assistant Secretary-General for Safety and Security.